Overview
- Federal police and the La Matanza prosecutor carried out coordinated raids that produced mass seizures of evidence and arrests in a probe that intensified on May 21–22, 2026.
- Investigators say the operation ran multiple unauthorized clinics, pharmacies and ambulance services using more than 50 stolen medical registrations and hundreds of forged stamps to create false records and certificates.
- Authorities seized physical evidence including about 286 medical stamps, more than 3,000 patient files, weapons, dozens of phones and computers, and a suitcase of stamps found in a relative’s car that links suspects to the forgeries.
- A total of 29 people were detained on charges such as association ilícita, illegal practice of medicine, title usurpation and sale of unauthorized medicines, and ten clinics in La Matanza have been officially closed by municipal order.
- Prosecutors are pursuing money‑laundering and organized‑crime links to 'piratas del asfalto', and the case raises fresh questions about regulatory gaps, patient safety and how low‑income communities were targeted by the scheme.